January 14, 2019

Newsroom Ode #2: Reporter on deadline

A dead-tree dinosaur writes from the edge of extinction

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a series of odes that chronicle the legacy newsroom. Each is written from different first-person perspective. Together they create the mumbled narrative of a special and sadly contracting culture. The author, Don Nelson, has been a newsman for almost 50 years. You can read Ode #1, “City Editor, Friday night,” and the author’s statement, here.